Emmett
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #121 for boys in 2025, 2,950 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 3,663 births
- Debut · boys
- 74 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 78,564since 1880
Emmett over time
Rank among boys' names. Emmett has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,410 | 23 | #121 | 2,950 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #119 | 3,010 |
| 2023 | #4,999 | 26 | #117 | 3,076 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | #116 | 3,324 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #103 | 3,663 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #107 | 3,406 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #107 | 3,555 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #114 | 3,435 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #124 | 3,169 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #136 | 3,046 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #139 | 3,043 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #156 | 2,639 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #173 | 2,360 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #186 | 2,027 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #220 | 1,609 |
| 2010 | — | #271 | 1,278 | |
| 2009 | — | #334 | 955 | |
| 2008 | — | #548 | 479 | |
| 2007 | — | #573 | 448 | |
| 2006 | — | #570 | 439 | |
| 2005 | — | #594 | 380 | |
| 2004 | — | #622 | 341 | |
| 2003 | — | #678 | 287 | |
| 2002 | — | #701 | 255 | |
| 2001 | — | #701 | 255 | |
| 2000 | — | #740 | 231 | |
| 1999 | — | #809 | 188 | |
| 1998 | — | #847 | 172 | |
| 1997 | — | #752 | 198 | |
| 1996 | — | #860 | 161 | |
| 1995 | — | #813 | 173 | |
| 1994 | — | #828 | 165 | |
| 1993 | — | #821 | 166 | |
| 1992 | — | #802 | 169 | |
| 1991 | — | #920 | 131 | |
| 1990 | — | #963 | 117 | |
| 1989 | — | #878 | 131 | |
| 1988 | — | #910 | 110 | |
| 1987 | — | #934 | 102 | |
| 1986 | — | #901 | 102 | |
| 1985 | — | #995 | 84 | |
| 1984 | — | #874 | 101 | |
| 1983 | — | #795 | 121 | |
| 1982 | — | #840 | 111 | |
| 1981 | — | #875 | 103 | |
| 1980 | — | #856 | 107 | |
| 1979 | — | #816 | 114 | |
| 1978 | — | #803 | 112 | |
| 1977 | — | #770 | 122 | |
| 1976 | — | #729 | 132 | |
| 1975 | — | #750 | 123 | |
| 1974 | — | #726 | 127 | |
| 1973 | — | #699 | 132 | |
| 1972 | — | #660 | 148 | |
| 1971 | — | #673 | 151 | |
| 1970 | — | #618 | 173 | |
| 1969 | — | #570 | 189 | |
| 1968 | — | #548 | 189 | |
| 1967 | — | #542 | 190 | |
| 1966 | — | #564 | 182 | |
| 1965 | — | #549 | 194 | |
| 1964 | — | #553 | 203 | |
| 1963 | — | #561 | 198 | |
| 1962 | — | #514 | 236 | |
| 1961 | — | #515 | 239 | |
| 1960 | — | #544 | 212 | |
| 1959 | — | #470 | 288 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #482 | 262 |
| 1957 | — | #444 | 300 | |
| 1956 | — | #425 | 316 | |
| 1955 | — | #423 | 298 | |
| 1954 | — | #426 | 283 | |
| 1953 | — | #416 | 287 | |
| 1952 | — | #384 | 320 | |
| 1951 | — | #377 | 324 | |
| 1950 | — | #381 | 310 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #398 | 285 |
| 1948 | — | #352 | 363 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #335 | 419 |
| 1946 | — | #341 | 359 | |
| 1945 | — | #346 | 303 | |
| 1944 | — | #318 | 359 | |
| 1943 | — | #334 | 332 | |
| 1942 | — | #324 | 347 | |
| 1941 | — | #325 | 327 | |
| 1940 | — | #303 | 338 | |
| 1939 | — | #297 | 349 | |
| 1938 | — | #303 | 322 | |
| 1937 | — | #301 | 320 | |
| 1936 | — | #301 | 314 | |
| 1935 | — | #286 | 358 | |
| 1934 | — | #291 | 341 | |
| 1933 | — | #278 | 360 | |
| 1932 | — | #288 | 356 | |
| 1931 | — | #276 | 400 | |
| 1930 | — | #267 | 439 | |
| 1929 | — | #270 | 425 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #266 | 456 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #260 | 486 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #241 | 539 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #228 | 579 |
| 1924 | — | #232 | 584 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #236 | 564 |
| 1922 | — | #231 | 578 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #218 | 608 |
| 1920 | — | #209 | 614 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #200 | 629 |
| 1918 | — | #211 | 591 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #207 | 542 |
| 1916 | — | #216 | 500 | |
| 1915 | — | #187 | 592 | |
| 1914 | — | #204 | 406 | |
| 1913 | — | #197 | 340 | |
| 1912 | — | #199 | 290 | |
| 1911 | — | #208 | 141 | |
| 1910 | — | #177 | 159 | |
| 1909 | — | #166 | 147 | |
| 1908 | — | #176 | 126 | |
| 1907 | — | #152 | 148 | |
| 1906 | — | #192 | 94 | |
| 1905 | — | #157 | 128 | |
| 1904 | — | #157 | 120 | |
| 1903 | — | #170 | 97 | |
| 1902 | — | #174 | 98 | |
| 1901 | — | #146 | 110 | |
| 1900 | — | #175 | 119 | |
| 1899 | — | #156 | 97 | |
| 1898 | — | #137 | 131 | |
| 1897 | — | #137 | 118 | |
| 1896 | — | #145 | 113 | |
| 1895 | — | #121 | 138 | |
| 1894 | — | #127 | 126 | |
| 1893 | — | #145 | 103 | |
| 1892 | — | #136 | 117 | |
| 1891 | — | #147 | 89 | |
| 1890 | — | #136 | 104 | |
| 1889 | — | #132 | 108 | |
| 1888 | — | #152 | 100 | |
| 1887 | — | #140 | 90 | |
| 1886 | — | #149 | 94 | |
| 1885 | — | #134 | 101 | |
| 1884 | — | #167 | 83 | |
| 1883 | — | #148 | 87 | |
| 1882 | — | #140 | 99 | |
| 1881 | — | #178 | 65 | |
| 1880 | — | #175 | 74 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emmett was already there! It came in at #175, and was given to 74 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 75 boys a year got the name.
Where Emmett is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#34 · 1 in 188
- South Dakota#38 · 1 in 157
- Maine#43 · 1 in 151
- Montana#44 · 1 in 164
- North Dakota#49 · 1 in 187
Best ever in a state: #10 in Vermont, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #34 | 81 | 1 in 188 |
| South Dakota | #38 | 26 | 1 in 157 |
| Maine | #43 | 30 | 1 in 151 |
| Montana | #44 | 24 | 1 in 164 |
| North Dakota | #49 | 22 | 1 in 187 |
| Idaho | #54 | 36 | 1 in 224 |
| Nebraska | #54 | 43 | 1 in 231 |
| Wisconsin | #54 | 112 | 1 in 240 |
| New Hampshire | #58 | 27 | 1 in 171 |
| Minnesota | #59 | 112 | 1 in 250 |
| Oregon | #61 | 71 | 1 in 259 |
| Vermont | #61 | 10 | 1 in 166 |
| Utah | #62 | 73 | 1 in 287 |
| Missouri | #74 | 102 | 1 in 310 |
| Washington | #76 | 118 | 1 in 314 |
| Michigan | #80 | 153 | 1 in 312 |
| Rhode Island | #88 | 14 | 1 in 279 |
| Wyoming | #91 | 7 | 1 in 248 |
| Illinois | #96 | 159 | 1 in 404 |
| Kansas | #96 | 47 | 1 in 333 |
| Colorado | #97 | 74 | 1 in 372 |
| Massachusetts | #109 | 67 | 1 in 439 |
| Ohio | #110 | 140 | 1 in 424 |
| Indiana | #112 | 86 | 1 in 414 |
| Arizona | #120 | 82 | 1 in 440 |
| Arkansas | #123 | 31 | 1 in 464 |
| Hawaii | #129 | 11 | 1 in 417 |
| Alaska | #131 | 9 | 1 in 365 |
| Connecticut | #135 | 26 | 1 in 542 |
| Pennsylvania | #136 | 101 | 1 in 586 |
| South Carolina | #140 | 38 | 1 in 558 |
| Kentucky | #145 | 38 | 1 in 574 |
| Alabama | #155 | 38 | 1 in 608 |
| Nevada | #157 | 24 | 1 in 560 |
| Virginia | #158 | 59 | 1 in 705 |
| Oklahoma | #170 | 33 | 1 in 614 |
| West Virginia | #171 | 13 | 1 in 601 |
| North Carolina | #173 | 70 | 1 in 742 |
| Maryland | #180 | 36 | 1 in 766 |
| Tennessee | #186 | 49 | 1 in 739 |
| New York | #193 | 109 | 1 in 917 |
| Georgia | #211 | 62 | 1 in 867 |
| California | #212 | 232 | 1 in 964 |
| Louisiana | #214 | 30 | 1 in 819 |
| Florida | #216 | 98 | 1 in 999 |
| New Jersey | #231 | 39 | 1 in 1,065 |
| New Mexico | #249 | 9 | 1 in 931 |
| Mississippi | #264 | 12 | 1 in 1,120 |
| Texas | #273 | 153 | 1 in 1,211 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Emmett
- 2 spots since 2024 (#119 → #121)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#107 → #121)
- 18 spots since 2015 (#139 → #121)
- Biggest jump: 214 spots in 2009 (#548 → #334)
- Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1985 (#874 → #995)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2021 at #103 (3,663 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 478 boys born in 2021 were named Emmett (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 579 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
- 33.3% of all boys named Emmett (26,161) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #121 (1895) → #995 (1985) → #103 (2021)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 901 | #132 (1889) | #152 |
| 1890s | 1,136 | #121 (1895) | #139 |
| 1900s | 1,187 | #146 (1901) | #167 |
| 1910s | 4,190 | #177 (1910) | #201 |
| 1920s | 5,433 | #209 (1920) | #239 |
| 1930s | 3,559 | #267 (1930) | #289 |
| 1940s | 3,432 | #303 (1940) | #338 |
| 1950s | 2,988 | #377 (1951) | #423 |
| 1960s | 2,032 | #514 (1962) | #546 |
| 1970s | 1,334 | #618 (1970) | #724 |
| 1980s | 1,072 | #795 (1983) | #886 |
| 1990s | 1,640 | #752 (1997) | #842 |
| 2000s | 4,070 | #334 (2009) | #606 |
| 2010s | 26,161 | #107 (2019) | #163 |
| 2020s | 19,429 | #103 (2021) | #114 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Emmett in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 110,751 of them was named Emmett, which outranked 61.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,901Zillah17
- #6,901Zoila17
- #6,901Zully17
- #7,230Emmett16
- #7,230Aalani16
- #7,230Aariana16
- #7,230Aariya16
- #7,602Aalyah15
- #7,602Aamilah15
- #7,602Abeeha15
Tied with 371 names at #7,230; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 623 of them was named Emmett, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.